For example, the Biden DOT thought of the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure Safety Improvement or Crissy grant as a program to, quote, explicitly address climate change, gender equity and racial equity and scored applications based on how well the applicant met these criteria. In fact, The Biden DOT required applicants to address, quote, equity as a condition of receiving construction funds. Mr. Gilbertson, are you aware of the challenges short line railroads faced when applying for grants requiring such criteria? Criteria that were unrelated to the merits of the actual project? (02:09–02:18)
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Asserts that the Biden DOT mandated addressing equity for construction fund eligibility.
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